Ying Yufu thought she could stay at the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion for lunch, but unexpectedly, she had only been talking with her maternal grandmother and others for a short while when someone from the palace came to tell her that His Majesty had summoned her to the palace.

Ying Yufu pondered for a moment and roughly understood why His Majesty had summoned her.

It's most likely still about the Anzhou officialdom scandal.

Although the Meng family was imprisoned, the matter was not over.

Ying Yufu bid farewell to her maternal grandmother and other elders, and then parted ways with Yao Guang and the other two before boarding the carriage to enter the palace.

The meeting place was changed to the Qin Zheng Hall, but all civil and military officials of the third rank and above were present.

Upon her arrival, everyone turned their gaze toward her.

The crown prince was among them.

"Greetings, Your Majesty!" Ying Yufu bowed.

Emperor Cangxuan immediately said, "Rise quickly, Anguo, there's no need for such formalities. I summoned you to the palace because I need your help with something."

Ying Yufu glanced at Meng Wanli kneeling to the side, then turned to look at Meng Huaran's family who had been brought up.

In addition, the body of a eunuch lay in a corner, next to another young eunuch who had been subdued by the Thousand Feather Army.

Ying Yufu was familiar with these two eunuchs; she frequently entered the Hall of Diligent Governance and had seen them several times.

She has keen senses and a good memory. Although she doesn't consciously try to remember people and things she's met once, she generally has an impression of them.

Ying Yufu thought to herself, "It seems something has happened."

However, it's unclear which faction these two eunuchs belong to.

"Serving His Majesty is a blessing for the nation," Ying Yufu said solemnly.

Emperor Cangxuan said, "You saw those two eunuchs too. One is dead and the other is injured. The injured one had already confessed a lot of things, but I can't trust them completely."

This matter is related to the theft of grain supplies three years ago. I don't want to waste time investigating, so I need to borrow your True Word Pill.

Ying Yufu understood.

"Your Majesty, what's so difficult about this?" As she spoke, two True Word Pills appeared in Ying Yufu's hand.

As soon as Meng Huaran's family entered, they overheard Emperor Cangxuan talking about the robbery of grain supplies three years ago. They immediately looked at Meng Wanli kneeling in front of them, and their expressions instantly turned even more unpleasant than when they were imprisoned.

Apart from Meng Huaran and Meng Zhenxiao, none of the other members of the Meng family had ever seen Meng Wanli before. So when they suddenly saw her, the Meng family members were completely stunned.

But the situation was not right. They only glanced at Meng Wanli before being forced to kneel on the ground.

Even so, Meng Dongying couldn't help but look at Meng Wanli's figure.

Her eyes were wide open, like copper bells, filled with both hatred and resentment.

Madam Meng the Second also had a grim expression, while Madam Meng the Old Madam had a darting gaze, seemingly plotting something.

"Meng Huaran, Meng Zhenxiao," Emperor Cangxuan said coldly, his eyes lowered, "those two palace servants are spies planted by Xilin in my Beixuan Imperial Palace."

One is dead, and another is still alive; he just caused some trouble.

Emperor Cangxuan fixed his cold gaze on Meng Huaran and his son as if they were dead.

Meng Huaran and Meng Zhenxiao's faces turned deathly pale instantly.

Even when their treason was exposed, their expressions were never this grim.

Emperor Cangxuan stared at them, sneered inwardly, and then signaled the Thousand Feather Army to bring the eunuch forward.

"Say what you said before again," Emperor Cangxuan said coldly.

The eunuch must have been tortured before, and he looked terrified. Upon hearing Emperor Cangxuan's words, he spoke up.

"I am a Xilin person. I was sent to the Beixuan territory when I was young and entered the palace as a Beixuan person."

I collect intelligence on Bei Xuan for west Lin. Since I entered the palace at the age of eight, I have sent out more than thirty pieces of intelligence.

My greatest achievement was that three years ago, I heard that a shipment of grain was being secretly transported from Beixuan to the southwestern border, and the person escorting that shipment was none other than Meng Zhenzhong.

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